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Quilombo
Uniform Title
Quilombo (Motion picture)
Title
Quilombo [videorecording] / CDK apresenta ; un filme de Carlos Diegues ; uma produção de Augusto Arraes ; escrito e dirigido por Carlos Diegues.
ISBN
1567303773
9781567303773
Published
[New York?] : New Yorker Video, c2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
Special features: The making of Quilombo (42 min.); scene selection.
Photography, Lauro Escorel Filho ; editor, Mair Tavares ; music, Gilberto Gil.
Portuguese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
In 17th century Brazil groups of runaway black slaves escaped to mountainous jungle strongholds, where they formed self-governing communities known as quilombos. This film chronicles the most famous, the Palmares, and their legendary chieftain Ganga Zumba.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Portuguese
Added to Catalog
June 06, 2011
Credits
Photography, Lauro Escorel Filho ; editor, Mair Tavares ; music, Gilberto Gil.
Cast
Antonio Pompeo, Zezé Motta, Toni Tornado, Vera Fischer.
System details note
DVD; Dolby Digital; region 1; NTSC; full screen presentation.
Audience
Not rated.
Videorecording number
NYD 44505 New Yorker Video
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - Brazil.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
CDK Produções.
New Yorker Video (Firm)
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